Mr. President, Ukraine did not “start” this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.🇺🇸🇺🇦
“Russia Invades Ukraine in Largest European Attack Since WWII” @FoxNews (February 24, 2022) https://t.co/ra8R9PI9oj
Europe: 500M people. Needs 340M Americans to defend against 140M Russians... who can’t defeat 30M #Ukraine in 3 years.
Time for #Europe to stop outsourcing its security and start acting like a real power!
Poland's EU presidency is a great opportunity for Europe to finally take the initiative and not act reactively, which is typical of bureaucracy and not the superpower to which Europe should aspire.
#Poland should indicate the direction because it has credibility in accurately assessing the threat from #Russia and has set an example by taking seriously investments in defence potential.
Europe first... in its own defence!
CC: @donaldtusk@sikorskiradek
Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe. https://t.co/scXKHJ7fY1
Funny thing is that there are no plans to do packaging in the USA. All wafers are sent out of the US for for processing and will be for years - therefore they will be subject to tariff whether or not the wafer was manufactured in the USA.
For the critical thinkers out there, this page lists the CHIPS incentivized projects.
Examples. TSMC is investing $65 billion in Arizona. Samsung is investing $74 billion in Texas.
57,000 jobs total for 2 states that voted no but still took the money.
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Howard Buffett.
In 2022, he gave Ukraine 150 million from his personal money.
In 2023, he bought a total of 360 million rubles for Ukraine. At his own expense, he built kitchen factories in Bucha and Lozovaya, police stations in Borodyanka and Izyum, and a dog training center in Bucha.
Buffett brings combine harvesters, tractors and seeds to Ukraine and gives them to farmers for free.
Buys and brings mine clearance vehicles to Ukraine: in some areas, mine clearance is the main type of agricultural work...
Buffett supports the Ukrainian police, brought dozens of DNA detection machines, bought service dogs of the highest level of training in the Netherlands and brought them to Ukraine.
Buffett helps search for war criminals, created a separate organization in Ukraine.
He financed the creation and operation of The Superhumans Center, an open prosthetics center near Lviv. I bought and brought 2,400 high-power generators.
Buffett has already spent half a billion on Ukraine.
He fell in love with Ukraine, visited ten times during the war, and it feels like he spends more time in Ukraine than at home in the United States.
I wanted a car, but since I didn’t have the money, I went to a dealership and, threatening them with a gun, took a car. The salespeople called the police, but the police refused to intervene, saying they didn’t want to escalate the conflict. Instead, they suggested negotiations. I said I’d take this car and one more. The salespeople insisted they wouldn’t give anything away. Eventually, the police pressured them into handing over two cars to me to "resolve the conflict."
Now I have two cars, and my friends have decided to get cars the same way.
Unfortunately, I don’t own a dealership, and this nonsense doesn’t work in real life—except when it comes to Ukraine. 😭😡
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Unpopular opinion 🚨 Whatever happens now to Ukraine, it is on Biden, not Trump
Biden had a once in a century opportunity to strategically defeat US opponents
He squandered 3 times the same opportunity:
1. In the fall of 2022, he refused to supply the Ukrainian army when...
Thank you, President @ZelenskyyUa , for your steadfast and unwavering support for the Georgian people
Our nations’ fight for independence, freedom, and a European future will prevail - there is no alternative 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺
Yesterday, I visited President @EmmanuelMacron at the Élysée Palace and had a good meeting with President @realDonaldTrump.
We discussed important issues on the battlefield and in the global situation, from our frontlines to North Korea. I stated that we need a just and enduring peace—one that the Russians will not be able to destroy in a few years, as they have done repeatedly in the past. This is clear not only for our country and region.
We see how Russia is now trying to subjugate Georgia after several wars against that country. Russia still does not want to ease its grip on Moldova. Now the Russians are retreating from Syria, but that does not mean they will not try to sow death there again. Russian military presence is also active in Africa, with the sole purpose of destabilization.
Therefore, when we talk about effective peace with Russia, we must first and foremost talk about effective guarantees for peace. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else. Russia brought war to our land, and it is Russia that most seeks to disrupt the possibility of peace.
Updated data on Russian losses show over 750,000 casualties, including 198,000 killed and more than 550,000 wounded. Our people are defending their homes at the cost of their lives, and every life—of our soldiers and our civilians—is precious to us.
Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers killed in action on the battlefield. There have been 370,000 cases of medical assistance for the wounded. It also needs to be mentioned that in our army approximately half of the soldiers wounded in action are later returning to the battlefield, and that our data also includes light or repeat injuries.
One of the key distinctions between the Russian army and Ukraine’s Defense Forces is the level of frontline medicine, which is significantly higher in our forces. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supports its development, saves our wounded in action, and facilitates their rehabilitation.
Since September this year, Russia has been losing troops on the battlefield at a ratio of 5-to-1, or even 6-to-1, compared to us. They want to seize more land before global pressure on them becomes unbearable.
Additionally, we must not forget our people in Russian captivity—thousands of both military personnel and civilians, some of whom have been held since 2014, when the occupation began. Since February 24, 2022, we have already managed to bring 3,935 of our people home—3,767 soldiers and 168 civilians. But we must bring everyone back, and much work remains to be done. We must also establish the truth about all our people who are missing.
We must also remember the Ukrainian children deported by Russia. Russians themselves admit that these abducted children number in the hundreds of thousands, dispersed across their territory. Returning them is the most challenging task. On the occupied territories of Ukraine, at least several million people remain.
This is the reality of this war. It cannot simply end with a piece of paper and a few signatures. A ceasefire without guarantees can be reignited at any moment, as Putin has already done before. To ensure that Ukrainians no longer suffer losses, we must guarantee the reliability of peace and not turn a blind eye to occupation.
We know Putin very well—he is addicted to war. He began his career with a brutal war against Chechnya and has been constantly fueling other wars. He can only be stopped by strength—the strength of world leaders who can become leaders of peace. We count on America and the entire world to help stop Putin. The only things he fears are America and global unity.
It is precisely such peace through strength that we discuss with all our partners, as well as the steps and guarantees needed for the people and the state attacked by Russia. War cannot be endless—only peace must be permanent and reliable.
30 years ago today, the United States made a solemn promise to protect Ukraine from Russia if it gave up thousands if nuclear weapons. Ukraine sacrificed itself and trusted America. We are worth nothing as a nation, as a people, if we break our promise now.
This week in 1991 - 33 years ago - Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly (92%) for their independence. In the Donbass region, the pro-independence vote was 85%. Even in Crimea it was 54%. Overall turnout was 84%. That day, Ukrainians chose to be sovereign and shape their own future.